Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3374b
"عَنِ المسور بن مخرمة قال: خرجنا حُجاجًا مع عمر بن الخطاب فنزلنا منزلًا بطريق مكة يقال له: الأبواء، فإذا نحن بشيخ على قارعة الطريق فقال الشيخ: يأيها الركب قفوا فقال عمر: قفوا؛ فوقفنا، فقال [عمر: قل يا شيخ! قال: ] أفيكم رسول اللَّه ﷺ ؟ فقال عمر: أمسكوا لا يتكلمَّن أحد. ثم قال: أتعقل يا شيخ؟ قال: العقل ساقنى إلى ههنا، ثم قال: توفى النبى ﷺ. قال: وقد تُوفى ﷺ ؟ قال: نعم، فبكى حتى ظننا أن نفسه ستخرج من جنبيه، ثم قال: فمن ولى أمر الأمة من بعده؟ قال: أبو بكر، قال: نحيف بنى تميم؟ قال: نعم، قال: أفيكم هو؟ قال لا، قال: وقد تُوفى؟ قال: نعم، فبكى حتى سمعنا لبكائه شحيجا، ثم قال: فمن ولى أمر الأمة بعده؟ قال: عمر بن الخطاب، قال: فأين كانوا عن أبيضَ بنى أميةَ؟ -يريد عثمانَ بنَ عفان- فإنه كان أَلْيَنَ جانبا وأقربَ؟ قال: قد كان ذاك، قال: إن كانت صداقة عمر لأبى بكر لمسلمة إلى خير أفيكم هو؟ قال: هو الذى يكلمك منذ اليوم، قال: أغثنى؛ فإنى لم أجد مغيثًا، قال: ومن أنت؟ بلغك الغوث، قال: أنا أبو عقيل أحد بنى مليل لقيت رسول اللَّه ﷺ على ردهة بنى جعل، دعانِى إلى الإسلام فآمنت به وصدقت بما جاء به، سقانِى شربة من سويق، شرب رسول اللَّه ﷺ أولها وشربت آخرها، فما برحت أجد شبعها إذا جعت، ورِيِّها إذا عطشت، وبردها إذا أصبحت، ثم تَيَمَّمْتُ رأس الأبيض أنا وقطعة غنم لِى، أصلى في يومى وليلتى خمس صلوات، وأصوم شهرًا وهو رمضان، وأذبح شاة لعشر ذى الحجة، أنسك بها، ذاك علمى حتى ألفت بها السنة فما أبقت لنا منها إلا شاة واحدة، كنا ننتفع بدرها فَغَبَنَهَا الذيب البارحة الأولى، فأدركنا ذكاتها، فأكلنا وبلغناك ببعض فأغث أغاثك اللَّه، فقال عمر: الغوث بلغك، الغوث. الغوث، أدركنى على الماء، قال المسور ابن مخرمة: فنزلنا المنزل، وأفضنا من فضل زادنا وكأنى أنظر إلى عمر مُتْعَبًا على قارعة الطريق، آخذًا بزمام ناقته لُمْ يطعم طعاما، ننتظر الشيخ وَنَرْمُقهُ، فلما رحل الناس دعا عمر صاحب الماء، فوصف له الشيخ وجلاه له وقال: إذا أتى عليك فأنفق عنيه وعلى آله حتى أعود إليك إن شاء اللَّه، قال المسور: فقضينا حجنا وانصرفنا، فلما نزلنا المنزل، دعا عمر صاحب الماء فقال: أحَسَسْتَ الشيخ؟ قال: نعم يا أمير المؤمنين، الماء لِى وهو مُوعَكٌ، فمرض عندى ثلاثا، فمات ودفنته، وهذا قبره، فَكَأَنِّى أنظر إلى عمر وقد وثب مباعدا بين خطاه حتى وقف على القبر فصلى عليه، ثم اضطجع وبكى حتى سمعنا لبكائه شَحِيجًا، ثم قال: كره اللَّه له منَّتَكمُ وسبق به، واختار له ما عنده إن شاء اللَّه، ثم أمر بأهله فحملوا معه، فلم يزل ينفق عليهم حتى قبض".
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Chain of narrators
- al-Mswr b. Mkhrmh
- Khrjnā Ḥujāj Mʿ ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Fnzlnā Mnzl Bṭryq Mkh Yqāl Lh al-Bwāʾ Fʾdhā Nḥn Bshykh ʿLá Qārʿh al-Ṭryq Fqāl al-Shykh Yʾyhā al-Rkb Qfwā Fqāl ʿMr Qfwā Fwqfnā Fqāl ʿMr Ql Yā Shykh
- Fykm Rswl Allāh ﷺ Fqāl ʿMr Mskwā Lā Ytklmman Ḥd Thm
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Al-Miswar ibn Makhramah said: We set out as pilgrims with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and we stopped at a station on the road to Makkah called al-Abwa'. Suddenly we saw an old man on the side of the road, and the old man said: 'O company of riders, stop!' 'Umar said: 'Stop!' So we stopped, and ['Umar said: 'Speak, old man!' He said:] 'Is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among you?' 'Umar said: 'Be still, let no one speak.' Then he said: 'Do you understand, old man?' He said: 'Understanding brought me to here.' Then he said: 'The Prophet ﷺ has died.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has died?' He said: 'Yes.' So he wept until we thought his soul would come out from his sides. Then he said: 'Who has taken charge of the affairs of the Ummah after him?' He said: 'Abu Bakr.' He said: 'The thin one of Banu Taymim?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Is he among you?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'And has he died?' He said: 'Yes.' So he wept until we heard his sobbing. Then he said: 'Who has taken charge of the affairs of the Ummah after him?' He said: ''Umar ibn al-Khattab.' He said: 'Where were they from the fair one of Banu Umayyah?' — meaning 'Uthman ibn 'Affan — 'for he was gentler in manner and nearer...' He said: 'That was so.' He said: 'If the friendship of 'Umar for Abu Bakr was... is he among you?' He said: 'He is the one speaking to you since today.' He said: 'Help me, for I have found no helper.' He said: 'And who are you? The help has reached you.' He said: 'I am Abu 'Aqil, of Banu Malil. I met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the water-place of Banu Ja'l. He invited me to Islam, so I believed in him and affirmed what he brought. He gave me a drink of sawiq; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank its first part and I drank its last. I have not ceased to find its fullness when I am hungry, its quenching when I am thirsty, and its coolness when I rise in the morning. Then I headed to the summit of al-Abyad, with a flock of sheep of mine. I pray five prayers in my day and night, I fast a month, which is Ramadan, and I slaughter a sheep for the ten of Dhul-Hijjah, which I sacrifice. That is my knowledge, until the year passed and it left us only one sheep. We benefited from its milk, but the wolf took it last night, and we caught up with its slaughter, so we ate it and reached you with some of it. So help, may Allah help you.' 'Umar said: 'The help has reached you, the help, the help. Overtake me at the water.' Al-Miswar ibn Makhramah said: We stopped at the station and spent what remained of our provisions, and I seemed to see 'Umar exhausted on the side of the road, holding the reins of his she-camel, having eaten no food, waiting for the old man and watching him. When the people departed, 'Umar called the man in charge of the water, described the old man to him and explained him to him, and said: 'When he comes to you, spend on him and on his family until I return to you, Allah willing.' Al-Miswar said: We completed our pilgrimage and returned. When we stopped at the station, 'Umar called the man in charge of the water and said: 'Did you sense the old man?' He said: 'Yes, O Commander of the Believers. The water is mine, and he was feverish. He became ill with me for three days, then he died, and I buried him, and this is his grave.' So I seemed to see 'Umar, who leapt, spacing his steps, until he stood at the grave and prayed over him. Then he lay down and wept until we heard his sobbing. Then he said: 'Allah disliked for him your favour and preceded him with it, and chose for him what is with Him, Allah willing.' Then he ordered his family to be brought with him, and he continued spending on them until he died."
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[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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